Puxico, Missouri - The SCAA middle school boys basketball tournaments are set for tonight at the Arnold Ryan Gym in Puxico. Championship games begin at 6:30 p.m.
Second seeded Puxico Indians 7th grade team will play #4 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. for 3rd Place.
Advance seeded #5 will face-off with #6 seeded Puxico at 5:15 p.m. in the 8th grade third place game.
Top seeded Dexter 7th grade Bearcats are slated to play the #3 seeded Bernie Mules beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The #1 seeded Dexter 8th grade Cats will play #2 seeded Bernie Mules at approximately 8:00 p.m.
On Monday evening the top seeded Dexter 7th grade boys basketball team defeated the #4 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats 43-12 in semifinal action.
Jackson Allen led the Cats with 15 points. He tallied all of his points on five 3-pointers!
Ryder Boles added 9 points for Dexter including one 3-pointer.
Ryan Collier hit one trey for the Bearcats.
Parker Heaton, Colton Hyslop, and Lane Bader each recorded four points for the Bloomfield Wildcats.
Final Score 7th Grade Dexter 43, Bloomfield 12
Bloomfield 4 4 4 0 - 12
Dexter 14 4 17 8 - 43
Bloomfield (12) – Parker Heaton 4, Colton Hyslop 4, Lane Bader 4. FG 6, FT 0/0, F 10. (3-pointers: None, Fould Out: None)
Dexter (43) – Ryder Boles 9, Andrew Ellinghouse 5, Carter Dorton 4, Peyton Driskill 1, Ryan Collier 3, Jackson Allen 15, Riley Slusher 6. FG 16, FT 4/10, F 7. (3-pointers: Jackson Allen 5, Ryan Collier 1, Ryder Boles 1. Fouled Out: None).
In 8th grade semifinal action the top seeded Dexter Bearcats defeated #5 seeded Advance 50 – 18 on Monday.
Brodie Pollock recorded a team-high 18 points for the Bearcats.
Jack Scruggs and Logan Wyman each added 10 points for Dexter.
Joseph Eaton led Advance with 7 points.
Final Score 8th Grade Dexter 50, Advance 18
Advance 6 5 0 7 - 18
Dexter 16 12 13 9 - 50
Advance (18) – Jack Below 2, Hunter Curtis 4, Joseph Eaton 7, Zach Simms 1, Hunter Clifton 2, Bridon McClelland 2. FG 8, FT 2/4, F 8. (3-pointers: None, Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (50) – Jack Scruggs 10, Logan Wyman 10, Spencer Warren 2, Haden Hillis 4, Garrett Henson 6, Brodie Pollock 18. FG 23, FT 4/11, F 0. (3-pointers: None. Fouled Out: None).
Shown in the photo is Haden Hillis of Dexter shooting a free-throw.
